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Delta BC – March 21, 2019 - Investorideas.com, a leading investor news resource covering
hemp and cannabis stocks releases the first article in a two part series on how
the growing global cannabis market is boosting ancillary markets, including the
solar/cleantech industry.

Recently MarketsInsider noted, “Marijuana
appears to be the fastest-growing job sector in the US, adding 64,389 full-time
legal cannabis jobs in 2018, according to a newreportfrom the cannabis
website Leafly and the consultancy Whitney Economics, representing a 44%
increase in total positions, which rose to 211,000.”

“And that's not
counting jobs indirectly related to the marijuana industry, like lawyers,
accountants, security consultants, media companies, and marketing firms. With
those included, the report said, there were 296,000 payrolls in the sector last
year.”

One sector getting a
major boost from cannabis is solar, due in part to the high energy requirements
of indoor grow facilities and the cannabis industry as a whole.

Village Farms International, Inc. (TSX:VFF) (OTCQX:VFFIF) first realized the
advantages of solar in 2016, when they, SolarCity and MP2 Energy agreed to build a 2
megawatt solar array adjacent to Village Farm’s 30 acre Permian Basin Division
greenhouse in Monahans, Texas. The solar system provides the facility with
nearly all of its daytime electricity needs, and will generate more than 82
million kilowatt-hours of power over the life of the system.

SinglePoint (OTC: SING), a technology and investment
company with a focus on acquiring companies that will benefit from the injection
of growth capital and technology integration in the mobile payments, ancillary
cannabis services and blockchain solutions, recently announced signing an asset
purchase agreement to acquire Direct Solar and AI Live Transfers. The two
companies are providing what has been described as ‘the Lending Tree Model for
solar business.’ With the proposal of The Green New Deal, solar is at the
forefront of every conversation and will continue to be top of mind as the
nation grows through an "energy shift" to renewable resources such as
solar.

According to Zion Market Research, the global
Solar Panel Market accounted for USD $30.8 Billion in 2016 and is expected to
reach USD $57.3 billion by 2022 growing at a CAGR of 10.9% between 2017 and
2022.

Cannabis producer FSD Pharma Inc. (CSE: HUGE) (OTC: FSDDF) and Solarvest
BioEnergy Inc., a technology company which has developed an algal-based
flexible production platform capable of producing health products, recently announced that they have
signed a non-binding letter of intent to enter into a definitive agreement in
which Solarvest would conduct research using its algal expression technology to
develop pharma-grade cannabinoids. The Parties would make mutual investments
into one another and Solarvest would grant FSD Pharma an exclusive license over
a subset of the Project Cannabinoids and certain royalty rights over all of the
other Project Cannabinoids.

“If successful, this could dramatically disrupt current
cannabis cultivation methods for medical purposes. It could reduce the majority
of time, space and costs associated with cannabis cultivation for medical
purposes, specifically cannabis with GMP Certification. We are very pleased to
collaborate with Solarvest on the development of promising alternative methods
of cannabinoid production using algal technology” said Zeeshan Saeed, President
and Founder of FSD Pharma. “We have been impressed by Solarvest’s management
knowledge and operations and believe that future commercial production of
cannabinoids using their algal-based production platform combined with our
proposed investment in Solarvest have the potential to create significant value
for our shareholders.”

Braingrid
Limited (CSE:BGRD) (OTC:BGRDF), a global provider of affordable,
scalable and easy-to-deploy sensor platforms for precision agriculture is
adopting solar in a different way, having announced the first commercial deployment of
its innovative, self-powered Sentroller
S precision agriculture technology at Canadian licensed producer WeedMD Inc.'s
modern greenhouse facility, located in Strathroy, Ontario.

Sentroller S brings all the great features of Braingrid's
original Sentroller platform to cultivators including quick installation,
online dashboards and reports, as well as email alarm notifications.This allows growers the peace of mind that
their cannabis crops are safe and thriving.The self-powered Sentroller S uses a solar panel that enables an even
quicker install and limitless possibilities for sensor placement.This true wireless freedom helps cultivators
monitor growing conditions where it matters - in and around the plant canopy
where power connections are not often available.

With
more cultivation and processing facilities going into construction every week,
the high energy demands placed on energy grids or the need for microgrid
solutions are expected to have a huge influence on the solar energy sector. Continued
in part 2 of this series we look at how not only solar, but many other
ancillary sectors are being boosted by rapid growth in the cannabis sector.

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Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (NYSE: SQM) also recently reported their Q4 Earnings call in which Ricardo Ramos, Chief Executive Officer of SQM commented on the company’s 2018 year and the state of lithium moving into 2019.

“Our high-grade sales volume in ESPN, high-grade iodine and high grade average price of lithium contributed to our 2018 results. The Lithium market is surrounded, as you know, by positive news. Full electric vehicle penetration level reached approximately 2%, and these rates are expected to grow probably in the future. Demand growth in 2018 surprised us again, surpassing 27%, and it's expected to grow rates above 20% in 2019,” said Ramos.

As the lithium leaders pave the way for bullish sentiment in the sector, incumbent new sources of lithium are being developed by a select few players in the space advancing lithium brine projects.

E3 METALS CORP. (TSXV: ETMC) (OTC: EEMMF), a lithium development company with a property containing 6.7 Mt LCE inferred mineral resource in Alberta, announced a major milestone in the development of its proprietary extraction process, a key to their future positioning in the market.

Since its inception in 2017, E3 Metals has quadrupled its permit size, put out a maiden resource and subsequently tripled it, developed proprietary Ion Exchange Lithium Extraction Technology and advanced its lithium process closer to commercialization.

The Company is close to piloting its technology which converts oilfield brine into pure high-grade feedstock to be transformed into valuable lithium products, with optionality for hydroxide or carbonate.

Summarized from the news: E3 has enhanced performance of its proprietary Ion Exchange Lithium Extraction Technology, achieving higher lithium concentrations of up to 5367 mg/L lithium, compared to the previous level of 1498 mg/L. Average recovery was over 90%, confirming very high efficiency and greater than 99% impurity removal.

E3 Metals’ CEO Chris Doornbos stated, “This increase in concentration using our proprietary Extraction Technology is the key to unlocking the value of our vast, yet lower grade, resource. These results move us a significant step toward supporting E3’s goal of becoming an industry leading, low-cost producer of battery grade lithium products. We have demonstrated the ability to significantly increase our lithium concentration without using additional energy. The higher concentration means less volume to handle downstream from our lithium Extraction Technology and should reduce the energy, inputs and potentially the capital and operating costs required to generate lithium hydroxide. These results continually demonstrate an innovative and robust process developed by the University of Alberta supported by Green Centre Canada, with funding from Alberta Innovates.”

Neo Lithium Corp. (TSXV: NLC) (OTCQX: NTTHF) says it aims to be known as a “prominent new name in lithium brine exploration by virtue of its high quality 3Q Project and experienced team.”

The Company recently announced that the lithium carbonate pilot plant built by the Instituto de Investigaciones Tecnologicas from Universidad de Concepcion, Chile has successfully arrived in Fiambala, Catamarca, Argentina. The Company’s engineers have started reassembling the Plant and expect to have it fully operational in late February for its Tres Quebradas lithium brine project in Catamarca Province, Argentina.

The Plant was previously successfully tested with synthetic brine in Chile and is going to start using brine from the 3Q Project, concentrated approximately to 4% lithium from 3Q Project pilot evaporation ponds to start pilot scale production of lithium carbonate at the Plant. Currently the designed annual capacity of the pilot ponds is over 500 tonnes of approximate 4% lithium brine per year, and the Plant has a designed capacity of 50 tonnes of lithium carbonate per year.

Also included in the update; “Following the release of the Preliminary Feasibility Study in August 2018, through development of a pilot plant in Reno, Nevada, the Company is considering the production of lithium hydroxide directly from lithium sulphate to provide added flexibility. Commissioning of the pilot plant is underway, with testing and optimization expected to commence in the near term.”

From pilot plants to full production, the lithium sector is ramping up for long term global demand. Incumbent lithium brine companies will be able to compete if they can keep their costs down and advance their extraction technologies, readying themselves for the EV highways of the future.

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All but one of the newest mining companies are involved in lithium mining with the majority listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and one listed on the Shenzhen Exchange of China. The non-lithium company is the CSE-listed 21C Metals Inc. (CSE:BULL), which is operating a copper/cobalt operation in Europe.

The latest biotech stocks are all listed on US Exchanges (NYSE/Nasdaq) and are involved in the medical technology aspect of healthcare.

New Lithium & Mining Companies:

Altura Mining Limited (ASX: AJM.AX) is a key player in the global lithium market and is leveraging increasing demand for raw materials for manufacturing lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles and static storage uses. Altura owns and operates the world-class Altura Lithium Project at Pilgangoora in WA’s Pilbara, which has a production capacity of 220,000tpa of quality spodumene concentrate. The Company has completed a Definitive Feasibility Study on a potential Stage 2 expansion to 440,000tpa, with a Final Investment Decision due following a review of the Stage 1 operations and ramp-up to nameplate production.

Tianqi Lithium Corporation (Shenzen:002466.SZ) is a leading new energy materials company in China and globally with lithium at our core. Our businesses include mining and producing of lithium concentrate and manufacturing of lithium compounds. We have established mineral operations, manufacturing plants and subsidiaries in China (Sichuan, Chongqing, Jiangsu) and Australia, allowing the company to serve customers across the globe.

Infinity Lithium Corporation Limited (ASX:INF.AX) is an Australian listed minerals company and, in partnership with Valoriza Mineria, is seeking to develop the San Jose Lithium Project and produce battery grade lithium hydroxide. Supply response is needed to satisfy Europe’s burgeoning energy storage needs through feeding the large-scale battery plants currently under construction. The San Jose deposit is a highly advanced, previously mined brownfields development opportunity representing one of Europe’s largest lithium deposits. Infinity Lithium will mine the hard rock Mica resource and develop processing facilities to provide what would currently be the sole European mine-to-end-product lithium hydroxide operation.

Galan Lithium Limited (ASX:GLN.AX) is an Australian based mineral exploration company established to generate shareholder wealth by identifying, acquiring and/or developing mineral projects. The Company’s projects are located within the South American Lithium Triangle in the Hombre Muerto Basin, one of the most important and prolific salt flats in Argentina and indeed the world. The basin is known to have the lowest impurity levels of any producing Salar in Argentina and has been in production for over 20 years.

21C Metals Inc. (CSE:BULL) (formerly Declan Cobalt) is an independent mineral exploration company based in Vancouver, B.C which is currently pursuing Copper-Cobalt exploration on their projects in Europe.

Nuvectra Corporation (NASDAQ: NVTR) is a neurostimulation company committed to helping physicians improve the lives of people with chronic conditions. The Algovita® Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) System is our first commercial offering and is CE marked and FDA approved for the treatment of chronic intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs. Our innovative technology platform also has capabilities under development to support other indications such as sacral neuromodulation (SNM) for the treatment of overactive bladder, and deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) transforms lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for 40 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare.

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRTC) is a leading digital health care company redefining the way cardiac arrhythmias are clinically diagnosed. The company combines wearable biosensor devices worn for up to 14 days and cloud-based data analytics with powerful proprietary algorithms that distill data from millions of heartbeats into clinically actionable information. The company believes improvements in arrhythmia detection and characterization have the potential to change clinical management of patients.

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Point Roberts WA, Delta BC - February 28, 2019 - Investorideas.com, a leading investor news resource covering AI and lithium stocks concludes our two-part series looking at the increased demand for lithium for EV’s and the effect it has on the global market .

The Houston Chronicle recently reported on the possible foreign energy dependence lithium could create for the US as, “Australia and Chile are the largest producers and lithium mines have already increased production, creating a surplus that sent prices of the metal crashing down last year. But the long-term outlook is strong for demand and prices, analysts maintain.”

“The demand for lithium isn’t really in question, it’s just a matter of when that demand really kicks in,” an analyst at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence told Reuters last year. “You just have to look at the number of battery factories that are being built around lithium-ion technology.”

The US is not sitting idly by though as Senator Murkowski discussed in a recent Energy and Minerals Hearing. In her opening remarks she stated, “Over the past several years our committee has sought to call attention to the reliance on foreign nations for our minerals. The administration has taken several important steps but we must compliment their actions with our own legislative actions…”

When speaking to Simon Moores and asking questions for how the US can move to the forefront for battery materials and minerals “We can’t afford to be a bystander when we are looking at the future…so much of this goes back to investment.”

Standard Lithium Ltd. (TSXV: SLL.V) (OTCQX:STLHF) has no plans to remain a bystander. The specialty chemical company is focused on unlocking the value of existing large-scale US-based lithium-brine resources and believes new lithium production can be brought on stream rapidly by minimizing project risks at the selection stage (resource, political, geographic, regulatory and permitting), and by leveraging advances in lithium extraction technologies and processes.

Securing their technology, Standard Lithium just announced they filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office covering the Company’s novel process for the recovery of Lithium from brine. The patent applications covers technology the Company and its Scientific Advisory Team have developed.

The company is now funded for future growth with news announced it entered into a funding equity agreement for gross proceeds of $10,500,000 CAD.

Foreign competition is fierce though as BYD Company LTD. (OTC:BYDDF) recently announced plans for a new battery gigafactory to support its ambitious electric vehicle plans in China which will be able to produce 20 GWh of battery cells for its electric vehicles.

The company is investing 10 billion yuan (~$1.49 billion USD) in the facility located in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality.

At an output 20 GWh, it would make BYD’s new factory one of the largest battery factories in the world.

BYD also reported preliminary net profit for 2018 that was 31.4 percent lower than a year earlier, pinning the blame on intensifying competition in the world's biggest auto market, for example Tesla’s own Gigafactory 1 in Nevada, which is currently believed to be the largest battery cell factory in the world, has an estimated output of about 35 GWh per year.

Tianqi Lithium Corp. (SZ:002466), one of the world’s top 3 lithium producers, after more than half a year, recently closed its deal to purchase a 23.77% stake in rival Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA after clearing several regulatory hurdles.

This $4.1 billion deal is seen by some as a risky move as Tianqi, which has around 12 billion yuan ($1.77 billion) in assets, relied on leverage to make the investment.

“The tie-up with SQM is a hard-won deal, and we are looking at the fast development of the lithium industry over the next five to 10 years,” said Wu Wei, the company’s President, in aninterview with Caixin (link in Chinese).

The hype for lithium is helping many company stocks rally such as Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX:GXY) who reported their quarterly results for the three month period ending December 31st, 2018. The company reported closing cash and liquid assets of 41.4 million USD and zero debt.

The company also included a market analysis commenting that “Market indicators observed throughout Q4 2018 were illustrative of the robustness of the maturing lithium market. Domestic lithium chemical prices within China plateaued, following several periods of retreat, which many have interpreted as signaling the bottom of the pricing cycle within this region. Key indicators point to a more buoyant market environment throughout 2019 with Chinese domestic prices for lithium stabilizing during the last quarter and the combination of strong demand growth and supply challenges to support a favorable market moving forward.”

US companies like Standard Lithium may have their work cut out for them in 2019 as Australian and Chinese producers also race to meet the demand the EV sector is placing on lithium. There is a new global energy race for lithium, and it’s a race which everyone is hoping to win.

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